Press Release Archives

December, 2015

12/02/2015

Petroleum Card Services Joins PEI Priority Club [1]

Payment solutions provider Petroleum Card Services has joined the Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) Priority Club, PEI announced.

Petroleum Card Services is a provider of payment solutions to independent petroleum and C-store merchants and specializes in pay at the pump and fleet card processing. The Minden, Nevada,-based company has focused on the petroleum market since 2000.

12/01/2015

Applications Now Being Accepted for PEI Foundation Scholarships [2]

The Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) has announced that applications are currently being accepted for the PEI Foundation’s Charles D. Kemp Scholarships for the 2016-2017 academic year. The scholarships recognize deserving students who are dependents of employees of member companies in PEI.

October, 2015

10/14/2015

PEI Selects 2016 Officers [3]

Craig Hoyer, president of Kubat Equipment and Service Co., Denver, Colo., has been elected by the members of the Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) to serve as vice president of the organization. Robert Peavey, president of PumpTex Inc., Beaumont, Texas, has been appointed as PEI’s treasurer by the association’s Board of Directors.

10/14/2015

Trabilsy Elected President of PEI [4]

Steve Trabilsy, president of Accurate Tank Technologies, North Aurora, Ill., has been elected by the members of the Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) to serve as president of the organization.

Trabilsy most recently served as PEI’s vice president. He was elected during the Institute’s 65th annual convention and trade show in Las Vegas, and will take office Jan. 1, 2016.

10/14/2015

Renkes: 2015 a 'Banner Year' for PEI Members [5]

Speaking to members and officers of the Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI), Robert Renkes, executive vice president of the organization, presented a positive overview of 2014 and 2015 and expressed optimism in the future of the petroleum equipment industry.

During the speech, Renkes said PEI member companies had "another banner year" and that he expects current momentum to carry into 2016.

10/09/2015

PEI Publishes Revised DEF Document [6]

The Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) has announced that the 2015 edition of Recommended Practices for the Storage and Dispensing of Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) (RP1100) is now available for purchase.

This edition supersedes the previous version of the document, which was published in 2010.

10/02/2015

PEI Signs UPS as Member Discount Partner [7]

The Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) has announced UPS, the world's largest package delivery company and a provider of supply chain management solutions, as a new Member Discount Partner. The partnership will allow PEI member companies access to steeply discounted shipping rates with UPS.

August, 2015

08/25/2015

PEI Opens New Headquarters Building [8]

PEI, the fuel and fluid handling equipment and services industry’s largest trade association, has opened its newly built headquarters at 6514 East 69th Street in Tulsa, Okla. The new building replaces the PEI headquarters that was built in 1976 and destroyed by fire in February 2014. The new headquarters sits on the same foundation as the original.

08/11/2015

Registration Open for Young Executives Winter Conference [9]

Registration is now open for the 2016 Young Executives Winter Conference, which is scheduled for Feb. 3-5, 2016. The event will be held at the Isla Grand Beach Resort in South Padre Island, Texas. A kick-off dinner is slated for the evening prior, February 3.

June, 2015

06/10/2015

Massari to Keynote PEI Convention Kickoff Breakfast [10]

Entrepreneur and executive coach Allison Massari has been announced as keynote speaker for the 2015 Kick-off Breakfast at the PEI Convention, October 11. The PEI Convention will take place October 11-14, 2015, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev.